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Deficit reduction doesn't always mean hard choices. Sometimes it's easy, if politicians are willing to rethink how the government goes about pursuing its goals. Perhaps that's what Pentagon policymakers had in mind when they decided to name a new approach to purchasing satellites EASE. The official
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Date:
3/30/2011
Communications satellites are the glue that holds together America's global military posture. Without uplinks to orbital relay nodes, there would be no way for ships at sea or warfighters in remote locations such as Afghanistan to quickly and securely communicate with command authorities. The
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Date:
6/21/2010
In the years since the Cold War ended, the U.S. military has become heavily dependent upon satellite communications to maintain its global connectivity. Without such links, it would be difficult for the military to operate in a coordinated fashion or exchange information critical to situational
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Date:
4/14/2010
A draft overview of the defense department's fiscal 2011 budget request highlights a handful of weapons programs as key to current and future military operations. The document was leaked last week, but media reports have only mentioned a small portion of its content. The chapter of the overview
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Date:
1/27/2010

